11-1-19
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS ASKING FOR YOUR HELP IN FINDING A TEENAGER REPORTED MISSING. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES USED SURVEILLANCE VIDEO TO IDENTIFY TWO MEN IN THE THEFT OF A TRACTOR FROM A FARM ON HIGHWAY 165 IN KINDER. THE LANDOWNER PROVIDED THE DEPUTIES WITH FOOTAGE FROM A SECURITY CAMERA THAT SHOWED THE TWO MEN ENTERING AND LEAVING THE PROPERTY WHERE THE FORD 8-N TRACTOR WAS STOLEN. THE THEFT HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 17TH. 61-YEAR-OLD BRADLEY MONTOU OF OBERLIN AND ERIC JEFFERY WEBB OF DERIDDER WERE BOTH ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AND CHARGED WITH FELONY THEFT AND TRESPASSING.
A CELEBRATION SERVICE IS SET FOR TOMORROW MORNING TO HONOR THE LIFE AND MINISTRY OF BISHOP LOUIS DUGAR. BISHOP DUGAR WAS THE FOUNDING PASTOR OF GREATER LOVE CHURCH IN CROWLEY. THERE WILL BE A VIEWING FROM 8 TO 10AM AT GREATER LOVE CHURCH, THEN THE FAMILYWILL MOVE TO NORTHSIDE ASSEMBLY WHERE THE VISITATION WILL CONTINUE.
THE CELEBRATION SERVICE WILL BEGIN AT 11:30.
President Donald Trump is heightening his support for Republican businessman Eddie Rispone in the Louisiana governor’s race, planning a rally next week in the northeastern end of the state. Trump announced he’ll travel to Monroe for a Wednesday evening event. In addition, the Republican president released an endorsement video Thursday. He urges Louisiana voters to cast their ballots for Rispone and oust incumbent John Bel Edwards, the Deep South’s only Democratic governor.
VOTERS WILL BE ABLE TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS AHEAD OF THE NOVEMBER RUNOFF BEGINNING THIS WEEKEND. HERE’S CAROLINE MARCELLO WITH THE DETAILS.
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THE DIOCESE OF LAFAYETTE DONATED MORE THAN FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE THREE HISTORICALLY BLACK BAPTIST CHURCHES IN ST. LANDRY PARISH THAT WERE DESTROYED BY ARSON EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE MONEY WAS RAISED DURING A COLLECTION AT CHURCHES AROUND THE DIOCESE IN RECENT WEEKS. BISHOP DOUGLAS DESHOTEL PRESENTED THE DONATION TOWARD REBUILDING EFFORTS AT THE FORMER SITE OF ST. MARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN PORT BARRE AND IT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY AMONG THE THREE CHURCHES. BISHOP DESHOTEL SAYS THEY ARE ALL ONE UNDER CHRIST AND IT’S IMPORTANT TO WORK TOWARD GREATER UNITY.
A MERRYVILLE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR SHOOTING AND STEALING A FARM RAISED DEER IN BEAUREGARD PARISH. BRAND INSPECTORS WITH THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY SAY 21-YEAR-OLD DAVIN CHANEY SHOT THE DEER AND REMOVED IT FROM THE OWNER’S PROPERTY ON OCTOBER 21ST. THE DEER WAS A TWENTY-THREE POINT BUCK THAT WEIGHED MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED POUNDS AND WAS VALUED AT AROUND FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. CHANEY WAS BOOKED INTO THE BEAUREGARD PARISH JAIL WEDNESDAY ON A CHARGE OF THEFT OF LIVESTOCK.
A man accused of killing one of Louisiana’s oldest whooping cranes is scheduled to change his plea and face sentencing in the state where more of the endangered birds have been killed than any other. The public defender for Gilvin Aucoin Jr. of Ville Platte notified the federal court in Lafayette on Oct. 1 that Aucoin wanted to change his plea from not guilty of violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act in July 2018. Two International Crane Foundation staffers plan to attend the hearing today. Lizzie Condon says they want a sentence that will deter others.
